Dominion

Dominion was I believe the first in now a bursting at the seams genre of strategy deck building games. The essential mechanic of these games is as follows: start with a few cards in your own deck, usually money, then draw these cards to buy additional cards to add to your deck. Use your deck up, reshuffle including your purchases, then draw from the new deck. Purchased cards can do any number of things - get you more money, get you points, get you other cards. Sometimes they might allow you to take cards from an opponent or force them to lose cards.

Dominion is set in a kingdom where you and your friends all compete to become the leader. You do so by using the above mechanic. In this case,If we don't carry the bobblehead you want we can make a iphoneheadset for you! you start by choosing ten different types of cards that you'll have the opportunity to buy. Note that the game comes with 25 different types of cards to select from (and there are many, many expansions that increase that number), so every game has different challenges. The card types give you potential powers if you draw them into your hand. The goal is then to use these cards to obtain the most victory points before the game ends.The porcelaintiles11 is our flagship product. Timing is a very important skill here - no matter what your strategy, if you make your play too early,We have a wide selection of handsfreeaccess to choose from for your storage needs. you end up playing catch up, and if you're too late, well... you're too late.

In a way, Dominion is also a game of programming.Elpas Readers detect and forward 'Location' and 'State' data from Elpas Active RFID Tags to host besticcard platforms. Each card represents an instruction, and when you draw them into your hand, you must decide on the order to play them to get the maximum return. Fail to do that, and all the timing in the world won't save you.

Dominion has been a sales success, and for good reason; the art is excellent, and they make a valiant effort to help you,You've probably seen bestearcap at some point. the buyer, keep all of your cards neat and organized by providing an effective, if somewhat flimsy, plastic organizer for all of them.

But it's not for everyone. First, it takes a while to play - an hour for certain, and perhaps 3-4 hours or more, depending on the number of players and how much they consider their plays. Also, this is a game for people who like to keep track of rules (which is probably why I like it). Cards interact with each other in different ways depending on the order in which they're played. If fiddly rules aren't your thing, there's a good chance you won't enjoy this game.

Ah, but if you do... the satisfaction of trying out and succeeding with a strategy that's been hard won - this game gives plenty of opportunities for that, and plenty of room for different strategies. It's nerdy to the nth degree, and ideal for a gaggle (briefcase?) of rules lawyers to debate with each other for hours as to the legitimacy of that play or another.

If you aren't sure, take the plunge and play when invited. No one rule is hard to grasp. It's when they are combined that things get challenging. But be warned: if you do like this game, you will be hard pressed not to buy the 8 and counting expansions. At $45 SRP each, that can add up to some serious coin.

Questions about gas prices come up all the time, particularly when motorists see more than one price at the pump. Massachusetts does have rules that prohibit placing a surcharge on the use of a credit card. However, as much as it might seem like its the same thing, a gas station can discount the price for customers paying in cash.

So, discounting is fine and surcharging isnt. While most stations charge the same price for cash or credit, there is a reason why some discount for the use of cash or, in this case, a smartphone or checking account-linked card. Gas stations tend to have pretty tight margins and steering customers away from credit cards helps them to avoid the fees assessed for every transaction, something that cuts into the bottom line.

As for the issue of making the discounts less accessible to those without smartphones or checking accounts, the folks at Framingham-based Cumberland Farms dont see themselves as elitist, noting their low-price coffee and soda offerings. At the pump, to help them avoid credit card and debit card processing fees, they say theyre encouraging the use of the SmartPay system where money is drawn directly from a consumers checking account by offering a discount on gas.

The SmartPay Check-Link payment program was designed to be as inclusive as possible for all of our customers, whether they use a smartphone or prefer the free SmartPay payment card, a plastic card that can be picked up at all locations participating in the program, said Kate Ngo, Cumberland Farms senior manager of brand strategy.

When the cashier handed me my change, I scanned through the stack of singles, a five and a 10. Then, as I always do, I quickly rearranged the money, making certain all of the bills were neatly piled, each the correct way around, in order of value and all facing the same direction.

Then I carefully placed the money in my wallet, co-mingling it with the few dollars already in there. I made sure all the singles were in the front of the wallet the side closest to my drivers license (the one with the absolutely awful picture of somebody who is supposed to be me), my debit cards and all of the other plastic I have deemed worthy of constant carrying. Right behind the ones, I put my new five in with the fives that were already there, likewise with the tens and, on rare occasions, with the bills of even more value. Smallest bills in front, biggest bills in back.

I double-checked to make sure all the bills were inserted correctly, that is, all of the men with beards or white hair facing forward in the right order and not a single one of them looking as though he was standing on his head. Then and only then did I put my wallet away.

I realize that right now some of you are judging me and my money organization habits. Thats OK. I understand that not everyone treats their cash this way. But what I dont understand is how those of you who dont do this sleep at night, knowing that your wallet is a mixed-up grab bag of money. Others of you (Egad!) even keep your currency in a big wad. There is no way I could even breathe if that were my case.

Ill admit Im a little compulsive when it comes to keeping my money organized. OK, Ill admit Im a lot compulsive when it comes to a lot of things. The dress shirts hanging in my closet all face the same way, secured to the hanger with the first and third buttons fastened, sorted by color. Our DVDs are stored in alphabetical order. And, next to the televisions remote control and the burrito, I believe the label maker is the greatest invention in the history of mankind.